Suni antelope are usually taken as the opportunity arises while hunting something else.
When in danger, the suni freezes, remaining hidden until the threat is nearly on top of them, at which point it leaps up and dodges around bushes and shrubs, quickly vanishing into the undergrowth.
"Extreme watchfulness and caution are necessary in order to bring these antelopes to bag; and the sportsman must be on the feeding-grounds at least an hour before sunrise, when he can devote his attention to the small clearings and narrow open glades, carefully examining each 50 yards of ground in front as he advances up-wind. If numerous spoors and droppings indicate that any particular spot is a favourite resort of the game, it is best to take up a position and watch patiently; but as soon as the sun casts shafts of light among the trees, the sportsman must leave the open ground and, entering the forest, endeavour to stalk with care. In the pairing-season the bucks may be heard in all directions, and are then easy to approach. Less caution is necessary towards noon, when the antelopes are lying down. All likely spots those well shaded and with a sprinkling of under-bush must be tried, and when the game springs up the sportsman should kneel down and watch its flight till it stands, when an easy shot will be obtained." Frederick Vaughan Kirby
For convenience, SCI uses the Tanzania/Mozambique border as the dividing line for the ranges of the East African suni and the Livingstone's suni. The true southern limit of the East African suni is supposed to be the northern bank of the Zambezi river.
Neotragus moschatus moschatus (East African Suni) | ||||||
RW Minimum | RW Record | RW Measurement Method | SCI Minimum | SCI Record | SCI Measurement Method | |
21/8" | 4" | 7 | 6" | 116/16" | 1 |
Neotragus moschatus livingstonianus (Livingstone's Suni) | ||||||
RW Minimum | RW Record | RW Measurement Method | SCI Minimum | SCI Record | SCI Measurement Method | |
3" | 51/4" | 7 | 9" | 144/16" | 1 |
Suni occur in a large swath of eastern Africa stretching from the costal regions of KZN, South Africa, through Mozambique into eastern Tanzania and Kenya. The East African suni range ends north of the Zambezi river in Mozambique and the Livingstone's suni range starts south of the Zambezi river.
So you can hunt the larger Livingstone's suni in Mozambique and in South Africa. The Livingstone's suni range crosses into Zimbabwe in the far north-east and south-east but it is not commonly hunted there. If you are a serious SCI record book suni hunter, hunting in northern Mozambique, be aware you could be hunting an East African suni which SCI will class as a Livingstone's suni record.
You can hunt an East African suni in eastern Tanzania, including in the Selous, on a 16 and 21 day licence.
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